206 Lxvii. EPACRiDE.E. [Leuco^ogoH. 



shrub. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse or with an obscure callous point, 

 shortly pctiolate, flat or witli reciivved margins, fcAV-nerved and glaucous 

 underneath, rarely ^ in. long and often not above -j in. Flowers few, in 

 short terminal spikes. ."Bracts and bracteoles broad, about half as long as 

 the calyx. Sepals very obtuse, i to f line long. Corolla about 1| li^^^s 

 long, the lobes about 'as long as the tube. Anthers attached above the 

 middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk shortly lobed. 

 Ovary 5-celled ; style very short. Fruit small, nearly globular.- — Hook, f, 

 PL Tasm. i. 251. t 73 B ; X. ohtusatus, Hook, f. in Hook. Lond, Journ. vi. 

 269, not of Send. 



N. S. Wales. Ben Lomoud, Xew England, BecMer ; Upper Hastings river, Moore 

 and Carron. 



Victoria. Common in the Haidinger Range, Mount Barkley, Mount Buller, and others 

 of the Australian Alps, F. Mueller* 



Tasmania. Abundant in alpine situations throughout the island, J. -D. Hooker, 



The flowers are often partially dioecious, the males having longer anthers, a less perfect 

 ovary, and a more developed disk than the females. In this respect, as well as in foliage and 

 inflorescence, the species closely resembles Lissanthe montana^\\l^\i\i\c\^ F. Mueller unites 

 it under the name of Sfyphelia monfava, Fragm. vi. 45, ■ 



Macrsei. F. Muell 



d 



Kew Journ, viii. 163. An erect rigid sliriib of 6 to 8 ft., with puT^escent 

 branches. Leaves rather crowded, spreading, petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or with a small callous point, flat, green on both sides, shinnig 

 above, mostly about I in. long. Spikes few-flowered, but often exceeilm^ 

 the leaves, terminal or in the uppermost axils. Bracts and bracteoles very 

 obtuse, often ciliolate, nearly half as long as the calyx. Sepals about Ij 

 lines long, often but not always ciliolate. Corolla-tube rather broad, scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx ; lobes rather shorter. Anthers attached near the top, 

 obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk broad, shortly lobed. Ovary 

 5-celled; style rather sliort, thickened towards the base. Pruit small, nearly 

 glohul^x.—Styphelia Macrai, F. Muell. Pragra. vi. 46. 



Victoria. In valleys at the sources of the Mitta-Mitta, near Mount Hothara, "Mo"?^ 

 LatroLe, along torrents in the Cobberas mountains, at an elevation of 5000 to 6000 ft., i 

 tbe Baw-Baw Range dcscendin;;; to 3500 ft., F. Mueller, 



G3. t. pleurandroides, F, Mnell Fi^agin. \\l 143. A stout, spread- 

 ing, scrubby shrub of about 1 ft., glabrous or minutely pubescent, L^^^^^ 

 on slender petioles of from | to 1 line, broadly oblong, very obtuse at bol 

 ends, thick, convex above, with 2 longitudinal furrows underneath, n^o- -^ 

 about 2 lines long, Flowers few together, in dense, teiminal ^P**^^^ f^ 

 clusters, scarcely exceeding the leaves, and the rhachis shorter *'^^^", ' 

 petioles. Bracts verj^ small; bracteoles not half so long as the cay • 

 Sepals broad, obtuse, coloured at the end, the margins ciliate, about i^ 

 long. Corolla-tube about 2 lines long ; lobes not above 1 line. -^"^ 

 attached above the middle, oblong, obtuse, wnthout sterile tips. Hypog.V^^^ 

 disk short, sinuate. Ovary very hairy, 1-celled, with a single ovule s - 

 pended from a slender funicle ; style long and slender, sprinkled witb a 

 long hairs, — St7/j)7ieUa pleurandroides, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 33. 



"W Australia. Moir's Inlet, Maxwell. I have dissected several buds as well as ope 



